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Cristiano Ronaldo owns one of the most valuable watch collections in sport. Recent estimates put it at roughly 54 pieces worth somewhere between $10 million and nearly $17 million, and unlike most celebrity collections, it is built almost entirely on factory gem-setting rather than aftermarket work.
When the diamonds on a Ronaldo watch were set by Rolex, Franck Muller or Jacob & Co themselves, the piece is usually one of one or made in single figures, and that is exactly what drives the values you will see below.
The collection also tells a career story. There is a steel Rolex Daytona from his Manchester United years, a green tsavorite tourbillon handed to him on the private jet to Riyadh in January 2023 and a Bugatti-engined Jacob & Co built to match the hypercar in his garage. Here is every watch we can verify, brand by brand.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Rolex Collection
Rolex is the backbone of the collection and the brand Ronaldo has worn the longest. His rotation runs from the steel Daytona of his early Manchester United days to the most expensive watch Rolex has ever sold at retail. If you want to see how his taste compares with his great rival's, our breakdown of the Lionel Messi Off-Catalogue Rolex collection makes for an interesting battle.
Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 116769TBR

The headline Rolex, nicknamed the “Ice.” The GMT-Master II reference 116769TBR is cased in 18ct white gold and factory-set with roughly 30 carats of diamonds across the case, bezel, dial and bracelet. At $485,350, it was the most expensive watch Rolex had ever offered at retail, and examples now trade at around $800,000. Ronaldo has worn his at Champions League fixtures, and it remains the single most recognisable watch in his collection.
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Rolex GMT-Master II Ice
Ref 116769TBR
- Case40mm, white gold, diamond-set
- BezelBaguette-cut diamond
- DialPavé diamond dial, wave/stripe pattern
- MovementCalibre 3186
Full factory diamond setting at this level is extraordinarily rare, which is why the “Ice” commands nearly double retail on the secondary market. For collectors who want the look without a seven-figure hunt, our workshop produces fully diamond-set GMT-Master II and Daytona commissions through the Time 4 Diamonds bespoke watches programme, hand-set in London by our own gem-setters.
Rolex Daytona Ref. 116598RBOW

Ronaldo's Rainbow Daytona is the 18ct yellow gold reference 116598RBOW introduced in 2012, featuring 36 baguette-cut sapphires that graduate through the colours of the rainbow around the bezel, with brilliant-cut diamonds on the lugs and crown guards. However, his example is not standard. He runs a black mother-of-pearl dial with diamond hour markers, a configuration Rolex never catalogued on the Rainbow, and watch spotters believe he swapped the dial in from a yellow gold Daytona he wore earlier in his career. Others say it is an aftermarket part. Estimates for his specific watch start around $600,000.
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Rolex Daytona Rainbow
Ref 116598RBOW
- Case40mm, yellow gold
- Bezel36 baguette-cut rainbow sapphires
- DialBlack mother-of-pearl, diamond-dot markers
- MovementCalibre 4130
Rolex Daytona Ref. 116576TBR

Following on from his Rainbow is a heavy-hitter. This is the platinum Daytona that pairs the ice blue dial Rolex reserves for its platinum pieces, but this one features Arabic numerals. Adorned by a baguette-cut diamond bezel, he wore it at celebrations for Saudi Arabia's founding anniversary in Riyadh in February 2023. Comparable examples trade around $380,000 to $400,000 in the secondary market.
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Rolex Daytona Platinum Ice Blue
Baguette diamond bezel
- Case40mm, platinum
- BezelBaguette-cut diamonds
- DialIce blue with Arabic numerals
- MovementCalibre 4130
Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 116755

Rolex Daytona Ref. 116520

Long before the gem-set pieces, Ronaldo wore a stainless steel Daytona with a black dial, the classic reference 116520. It is a useful reminder that underneath the diamonds he collects like a watch enthusiast, the steel Daytona remains one of the most in-demand chronographs on the planet.
Rolex Yacht-Master II Ref. 116688

Ronaldo owns a pair of 44mm Yacht-Master II regatta chronographs. Firstly, the 18ct yellow gold with the blue Cerachrom bezel, reference 116688, which was discontinued in 2024. The Yacht-Master II's programmable countdown, set through the Ring Command bezel, makes it one of the most mechanically unusual watches Rolex builds, and its sheer wrist presence suits him.
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Rolex Yacht-Master II
Ref 116688
- Case44mm, yellow gold
- BezelBlue Cerachrom
- DialWhite
- MovementCalibre 4161
Rolex Yacht-Master II Ref. 116689

Secondly, Ronaldo wore the Yacht-Master II’s yellow gold sibling in white gold, but interestingly, it features a platinum bezel, which adds to the model’s weight.
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Rolex Yacht-Master II
Ref 116689
- Case44mm, white gold
- Bezel950 platinum
- DialWhite
- MovementCalibre 4161
Rolex Sky-Dweller Ref. 326935

He has also been photographed wearing a Rolex Sky-Dweller reference 326935 cast in 18ct Everose gold with the beautiful sundust dial, which has Roman numerals. The Sky-Dweller combines an annual calendar with a second time zone, both controlled through the fluted Ring Command bezel, making it the most complicated watch in the current Rolex catalogue. Fellow forwards agree with the choice: the model appears in the Erling Haaland watch collection too.
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Rolex Sky-Dweller
Everose gold, Sundust dial
- Case42mm Everose gold
- BezelFluted, Everose gold
- DialSundust, Roman Numerals
- MovementCalibre 9001
Cristiano Ronaldo's Jacob & Co Watches
Although we started with Ronaldo’s Rolex collection, no brand is closer to the Portuguese icon than Jacob & Co. The relationship with founder Jacob Arabo goes back some 20 years, starting as a friendship and evolving into a formal partnership with a co-branded Epic X CR7 line.
Jacob & Co Caviar Flying Tourbillon Tsavorites

When Ronaldo flew to Saudi Arabia in January 2023 to sign for Al-Nassr, Jacob Arabo handed him this one-of-one Caviar Flying Tourbillon on the plane. It is set with 388 green baguette-cut tsavorites, chosen to match the green of the Saudi flag, and valuations run from $770,000 to around $950,000. As a marker of one of the most talked-about transfers in football history, it may be the most storied watch he owns.
Jacob & Co Caviar Flying Tourbillon Blue Sapphires

Having one Jacob & Co. Caviar Tourbillon is a serious flex, but owning two is just ridiculous. People can only dream of just wearing one; CR7 has two in his collection! This is the blue sapphire version, which he clearly opted for when wearing his navy blue suit.
Jacob & Co Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon CR7 Edition

Designed with Ronaldo himself, this piece-unique mirrors the Bugatti Chiron in his car collection. Press a pusher and a miniature W16 engine block animates, with 16 sapphire-encased pistons pumping inside the case. The manual-winding JCAM37 movement runs to 578 components with a 30-degree inclined flying tourbillon, and the case carries 232 baguette-cut white diamonds and 109 black sapphires totalling 21 carats, with the CR7 logo at the centre of the skeletonised dial. Value estimates sit between $1 million and $1.5 million!
Jacob & Co Five Time Zone Grand Baguette

Ronaldo was photographed in the Grand Baguette as far back as 2013, reinforcing how long he has been wearing the brand. As you may have gathered from the model name, there are five time zones incorporated into this piece, displaying the local time plus the time in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo.
The white gold case is set with 360 baguette-cut diamonds totalling 13.2 carats, its five crowns carry a further 3.5 carats invisibly set, and production was limited to six pieces at around $1 million each. Five time zones for a man who has been sold between five clubs feel appropriate.
Jacob & Co Epic SF24

One of his most frequently worn Jacob & Co. pieces, the rose gold Epic SF24, which features a split-flap display at 12 o'clock. This split-flap display shows a second time zone, with a city and hour indicator.
Jacob & Co Epic X CR7: Flight of CR7 Rose Gold

The partnership became formal with the Epic X CR7 collection, co-designed with Ronaldo on Jacob & Co's skeletonised Epic X platform. The Flight of CR7 takes red, one of the two colours of the Portuguese flag, with unique movement bridges.
Jacob & Co Epic X CR7: Flight of CR7 Rose Gold Baguette

The second "Flight of CR7" model Ronaldo owns is adorned with a baguette-cut diamond bezel.
Jacob & Co Epic X CR7: Heart of CR7 Steel Baguette

He also owns the green version called the "Heart of CR7". Clearly, a lover of diamonds, he opted for the model with a diamond bezel.
Jacob & Co Royal Baguette

Like most of Ronaldo's Jacob & Co. timepieces, this Royal Baguette is an ultra-exclusive model. This high-jewellery watch is famed for its full-surface, invisible setting of flawless baguette-cut diamonds, and retails close to $1,000,000.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Patek Philippe Watches
Whilst Rolex and Jacob & Co. are at the beating heart of Ronaldo's collection, he has been seen wearing two Patek Philippe watches. Two of which fall under the Haute Joaillerie category!
Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5811/1460G

Gem-set Jacob & Co. watches are unreal, but Patek Philippe gem-set watches are another level. This is the iconic, ultra-exclusive Nautilus in 18ct white gold entirely set with 1,480 diamonds. This retails for $721,968, but is estimated to be worth over $2,000,000!
Patek Philippe Nautilus Chrono Ref. 5980/1400G
His second Patek Philippe watch is this Nautilus Chronograph in 18ct white gold, and just like his 5811/1460G, this 5980/1400G is fully diamond-set. Whilst there aren't as many diamonds as his Nautilus, this Chrono model still features a huge total of 893 brilliant-cut stones. The model is said to be worth over $600,000, but if Ronaldo were to ever auction this piece, it would most likely hit ten times its market value.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Franck Muller Watches
If Jacob & Co is the partnership, then Franck Muller is where Ronaldo goes for pure high-jewellery watchmaking. His pieces from the Geneva house centre on the brand's tonneau-shaped cases and its invisible-setting technique, in which stones are cut to sit edge-to-edge with no visible metal between them.
Franck Muller Invisible Setting Imperial Tourbillon

The watch he wore while lifting the UEFA Nations League trophy in June 2019 is arguably the most technically demanding piece of gem-setting in his collection. Around 474 baguette-cut diamonds and 70 rubies are invisibly set across the case, dial and strap, arranged radially around a tourbillon at 6 o'clock. Valuations run from $1.4 million to $2 million, putting it among the two or three most valuable watches he owns.
Franck Muller Cintrée Curvex Tourbillon

Ronaldo sat ringside at Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou in October 2023 wearing this fully diamond-set Cintrée Curvex Tourbillon, valued at around $1.5 million. The curved tonneau case is the signature Franck Muller shape, and covered edge to edge in stones, it is impossible to miss under arena lighting, which was presumably the point.
Girard-Perregaux Planetarium Tri-Axial: His Most Expensive Watch

By most estimates, the most valuable piece Ronaldo owns is a watch you cannot buy. The Girard-Perregaux Planetarium Tri-Axial was made for him as a piece unique: an 18ct rose gold case fully set with baguette-cut diamonds, housing a tourbillon that rotates on three separate axes to average out the effects of gravity. A hand-painted titanium globe turns once every 24 hours beneath one of two sapphire domes, alongside a moon phase display. Reportedly, it cost $2,000,000!
Hublot MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis

Ronaldo's showpiece from Hublot is a one-of-one MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis in King Gold, the brand's proprietary gold-and-platinum alloy, set with baguette and pavé-set diamonds. The 49mm case is shaped around a bi-axial tourbillon that completes one rotation per minute on its first axis and one every 30 seconds on its second, driven by a manual-winding movement with a five-day power reserve. He was even spotted angling it into frame at the 2019 Champions League draw.
Bvlgari Octo L'Originale Tourbillon

Italian design solidifies its place with the Bvlgari Octo L'Originale Tourbillon in white gold, set with 451 baguette-cut diamonds totalling close to 20 carats and powered by Bvlgari's Calibre BVL 263 automatic tourbillon movement. The architectural octagonal case on a blue leather strap is one of the more distinctive silhouettes in his rotation, valued at around $700,000 to $760,000.
Breguet Classique Grande Complication Double Tourbillon

The classiest watch he owns has to be this Breguet Classique Grand Complication Double Tourbillon. The founding father of modern horology invented the tourbillon, and this platinum Classique Grande Complication carries two of them, linked by differential gearing on a dial that itself rotates once every 12 hours. Ronaldo's example features 417 diamonds around the bezel, case, crown and dial. Valued at around $800,000, he wore it at the launch of his CR7 Play It Cool fragrance in Turin in 2019.
Cristiano Ronaldo's TAG Heuer Years
Before the Jacob & Co era, Ronaldo signed with TAG Heuer in 2014 as the first footballer to become an ambassador for the brand, and the sponsorship left him with a deep bench of pieces. Two stand out.
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 01
The openworked Carrera Calibre Heuer 01, reference CAR2A1Z, was one of his go-to pieces during the ambassadorship, its skeleton dial exposing the in-house automatic chronograph movement beneath.
TAG Heuer Mikrotourbillons

Far more exotic is the Mikrotourbillons, a twin-chain chronograph with a high-beat tourbillon regulating a stopwatch accurate to 1/100th of a second. He also collaborated with the brand on a CR7 limited edition Grand Carrera in 2015. Football and TAG Heuer still overlap on many wrists, as our coverage of watches at the Ballon d'Or shows every year.
What Ronaldo's Collection Tells Us
Three things that clearly stand out about CR7’s watch collection are huge case sizes, complications and gem-settings. His collection is full of huge case sizes, with his Jacob & Co. Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon sitting at 55mm x 44mm. Ronaldo doesn’t settle for simple pieces. Every watch is fitted with a complication, whether that be a GMT function or a double tourbillon. Additionally, it is stacked with diamond or gem-set watches.
Provenance matters just as much at this level. Gem-set references like the GMT-Master II “Ice” and Daytona “Rainbow” are heavily replicated, so verification is everything, and our guide on how to spot a fake Rolex covers the checks our watchmakers run on every gem-set piece that comes through the door.
Time 4 Diamonds has been sourcing exactly this category of watch since 2005, from our showrooms at 3 More London Riverside and in Dubai. If a piece in this article belongs on your wrist, from a steel Daytona to a factory gem-set GMT, our sourcing team can locate, verify and deliver it. For more football wrists, see the Mohamed Salah collection and the Harry Kane collection, or go beyond sport with the Donald Trump watch collection.
Cristiano Ronaldo Watch Collection FAQs
What watches does Cristiano Ronaldo wear?
Ronaldo wears Rolex, Jacob & Co, Franck Muller, Hublot, Girard-Perregaux, Bulgari, Breguet and TAG Heuer. His most photographed pieces are the Rolex GMT-Master II Ice, the yellow gold Rainbow Daytona and one-of-one Jacob & Co. tourbillons.
What is Cristiano Ronaldo's most expensive watch?
His Girard-Perregaux Planetarium Tri-Axial, a piece unique in diamond-set rose gold with a triple-axis tourbillon, is valued at $1.7 million to $2 million. Notably, his Franck Muller Invisible Setting Imperial Tourbillon sits in the same bracket.
How much is Cristiano Ronaldo's watch collection worth?
Published estimates place the collection's worth between $10 million and nearly $17 million. The true figure is likely higher, since only publicly photographed pieces can be counted.
Does Cristiano Ronaldo wear a Rolex?
Yes, several. His Rolex line-up includes the GMT-Master II 116769TBR, the Rainbow Daytona 116598RBOW with a custom mother-of-pearl dial, a platinum ice blue Daytona, a steel Daytona, two Yacht-Master II references and a Sky-Dweller.
What is the Rolex GMT-Master II Ice worth?
The 116769TBR retailed at $485,350, the highest retail price Rolex has ever set, and now changes hands at around $800,000, depending on condition and provenance.
Is Cristiano Ronaldo a Jacob & Co ambassador?
Yes. His friendship with founder Jacob Arabo spans some 20 years and became a formal partnership, producing the co-branded Epic X CR7 collection and one-of-one commissions such as the Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon CR7 Edition.



